Monday, May 24, 2010

Tiled

We spent all weekend making this:

look like this:

and this:and this!

Don't tell anyone I said this, but I think tiling is actually kind of fun. Except for the annoying cutting around outlets parts, and remeasuring twelve times because you cut the tile wrong parts. But the hubs mostly takes care of that stuff :)

I didn't realized how un-finished the kitchen looked until I see it now all tiled- and I love it! You know I'm all about keeping it real and that's why I'm posting these lovely pictures of everything in process, so that you can see how crazy everything gets around here. (Not to mention the shots of my hot tiling attire- you're welcome.) But I think it might look even better after we grout it and uh, take the plastic off the counters, no?

[If you're wondering, we decided to get our tile from a local place here in Maryland (Versa-Tile and Marble) instead of through The Tile Shop, who has YET to reply to my emails. We got better quality tile at around the same price, it arrived in one day, and we didn't get ripped off on the trim pieces (what a scam).]

So seriously, if we can lay a tile backsplash, anyone can... have I inspired you to get tiling yet? :)

18 comments:

I didn't want to bash The Tile Shop too badly the other day, but my experience with them was terrible (that link is to my blog...here's a forum post of the play-by-play from before I had my blog). After being told they couldn't find any tile that wasn't discolored in the entire country, the manager of the store in Richmond said she was taking the tile off display. The next weekend, I walked into the store to return my yellow marble tiles and saw the perfect samples still on display. They are so shady.

Did you use a tile cutter? If so, are they hard to use? I am not super good with measurements and tools, but I reallllllly want to tile SOMETHING in this place. I bought an old Victorian about 1.5 years ago and have been re-doing it piece by piece. Kitchen needs HUGE overhaul still, but the hardwoods are re-done, tons of painting done, yard work, etc....I REALLY want a tile project but I am SO intimidated because it'd be scary to screw up. :(

I LOOOVE the kitchen! I found your blog through OMG Mom and have added you to my list of must-reads (there are only four of you!). We're renovating our house one room at a time, and I admit I wimped out on the tile job. I have a contractor at my house as I type. I wish I'd read this first!

Looks great so far! What color grout will you be using? I love our white subway tile back splash. I was a little concerned about how it would look with our white cabinets, but I love how it turned out.